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11 04, 2026

Bethany Students Earn Seven Student Production Awards

April 11th, 2026|Animation, Graphic Design, Live Broadcasts, Motion Graphics, Student Awards, Student Projects, Students, Studio|

We are incredibly proud to announce that Bethany Lutheran College students have earned seven Student Production Awards from the Upper Midwest Emmy® Foundation. This marks another outstanding year for BLC Studios and the Media Arts program, with student work recognized across a wide range of categories including fiction, sports storytelling, promotional video, commercial production, animation, public service, and directing. Here are this year’s award winners: College Fiction Long FormBeside Still Waters - Watch here. Coleton Pringle – Director College Sports StoryA Partnership of Progress - Watch here. Emily Doyle – Editor College Promotional Video2025 Minnesota State Men's Hockey Hype Video [...]

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30 04, 2023

The best student films in Minnesota

April 30th, 2023|Animation, Film Festival, Industry Connections, Student Awards|

Bethany students stood out yet again at last week’s annual Intercollegiate Film Festival, hosted by the Twin Cities Film Festival. […]

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31 03, 2023

Students Receive Five Student Production Awards

March 31st, 2023|Animation, Industry Connections, Live Broadcasts, Student Awards|

We are incredibly proud to announce that Bethany students just received FIVE Student Production Awards from the Upper Midwest Emmy® Chapter/Foundation! […]

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3 03, 2023

Students Receive Nine Student Production Nominations

March 3rd, 2023|Animation, Industry Connections, Live Broadcasts, Motion Graphics, Student Awards, Students|

After a strong showing last year, we are absolutely thrilled to announce that Bethany’s media arts students have outdone themselves in 2022-23. […]

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10 05, 2022

Spring 2022 Media Arts Capstone Showcase

May 10th, 2022|Animation, Internship, Student Projects, Students|

A big congratulations to our spring 2022 media arts grads! Six of our grads presented their capstone projects and/or internship work in a showcase appropriately titled Media Medley. […]

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10 11, 2020

A look inside Intro to Animation

November 10th, 2020|Animation, Student Projects, Students|

It’s November 2020. And it’s been a weird year. This post is just a quick peek into some of the exercises completed in our Introduction to Animation class […]

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9 04, 2020

Dave Simonett Music Video Release

April 9th, 2020|Animation, Music Video, Student Projects|

In December 2019, Professor Kurt Paulsen received an email from an old contact at Thirty Tigers. This is the company that represents Trampled By Turtles, a beloved bluegrass/folk-rock band from Duluth. […]

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20 08, 2019

Leah Kurth releases Surrogate

August 20th, 2019|Alumni, Animation, Film Festival, Stop Motion|

This is a delightful animation that we’re sharing for a few reasons. First, this is one of our favorite student pieces from the Barbaric Yawp project, a new initiative involving Bethany’s Memorial Library, the Ada Stokes Writing Center, and BLC Studios. […]

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30 07, 2018

2018 Media Boot Camp Recap

July 30th, 2018|Animation, Faculty and Staff, Studio|

The 2018 Media Boot Camp was a fun one. We kept many of the camp’s long-running sessions: screenwriting, filmmaking, Photoshop, slow-motion video, stop motion animation, etc. […]

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4 05, 2018

Speechless Film Festival 2018

May 4th, 2018|Alumni, Animation, Faculty and Staff, Film Festival, Motion Graphics, Students, Studio|

“The Speechless Film Festival is one of my favorite events of the year. I’m proud of everyone who made it happen, and of all the people who kept smiling through that insane blizzard. […]

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